Giving to Pediatric Rheumatology

When a child is experiencing joint pain, muscle weakness, or other autoimmune or inflammatory condition, families need answers and the best care possible.

Your gift to the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology helps us provide the care children need for improved quality of life and healthier futures. Gifts of all sizes help our experts precisely diagnose, treat, and manage autoimmune and inflammatory conditions that can affect children’s joints, muscles, bones, and internal organs.

Donations strengthen individualized care for children with conditions like:

• Juvenile lupus
• Juvenile dermatomyositis
• Scleroderma in children
• Vasculitis
• Chronic joint pain
• Muscle weakness caused by autoimmune and inflammatory conditions
• Other rare and complex rheumatic diseases

Rheumatic diseases require personalized care, and donor support helps offer better answers, more precise treatments, and improved quality of life for children and families.

Gifts of all sizes help our experts:

• Test innovative ideas and pursue new treatments
• Improve how we diagnose pediatric autoimmune diseases
• Study life-altering conditions like lupus and scleroderma
• Expand access to clinical trials and the latest treatments
• Develop precise treatments for each patient
• Train the next generation of leaders and experts in pediatric rheumatology
• Collaborate with experts across Michigan Medicine to improve outcomes
• Use advanced testing, imaging, and laboratory techniques to guide care

Your support makes an important difference for children and families living with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Thank you for helping us offer compassionate care, advance research, and create hope.